Who can use a drafting table?
My uncle was an architect and I was always fascinated by his drafting tables. He had more than one. There was a larger one in the sunroom and a smaller portable drafting table in his room. They were so neat. They sat higher than most tables, had a slanted worktop surface which could be adjusted and he always had a special drafting stool that he sat on whenever he worked there.
It was so neat when he left his drawings out on the table. They looked so official and complicated. All those little details. I often imagined that he was building a big doll house, but mostly he was planning actual houses for real people.
The tables themselves actually came in a variety of sizes and styles, as proved by his two different models. One was more portable, the other one weighed a ton and you really didn’t want to move it.
There was a special light that clamped onto the work surface for better lighting and once in a while he would adjust the angle of the work top so he can get a more comfortable body posture as he hunched over his workspace.
These tables can also be used by artists and craftsmen. They don’t have to be just for architectural drawings. Painters, pencil drawers, even photographers can use this great workspace to layout their materials and get a wider visual look at what they’re working on. They also don’t have to be new. You can get a great deal on used drafting tables by looking at garage sales and thrift stores.
My uncle passed away a few years ago and we now have that big drafting table that he used. We have big intentions of putting it in our theater and using that for a workspace. My husband likes to do a little designing of rooms and buildings, and when he works on the designs for remodeling our new home that table could come in very handy.